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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4994
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE BASIC LAW FOR THE BANGSAMORO AND ABOLISHING THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9054, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO,” AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6734, ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO,” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

PREAMBLE
We, the Bangsamoro people and other inhabitants of the Bangsamoro, imploring the aid of the Almighty, aspiring to establish an enduring peace on the basis of justice in our communities and a justly balanced society, and asserting our right to conserve and develop our patrimony;

In consonance with the Constitution and the universally accepted principles of human rights, liberty, justice, democracy, and the norms and standards of international law, reflective of our system of life prescribed by our faith, and in harmony with our customary laws, cultures and traditions;

Affirming the distinct historical identity and birthright of the Bangsamoro people to their ancestral homeland and their right to self-determination â€" beginning with the struggle for freedom of their forefathers in generations past and extending to the present â€" to chart their political future through a democratic process that will secure their identity and posterity, and allow for genuine and meaningful self-governance as stipulated under the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB);

With the blessings of the Almighty, do hereby ordain and promulgate this Bangsamoro Basic Law, through the Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, as the basic law of the Bangsamoro that establishes the asymmetrical political relationship with the Central Government founded on the principles of subsidiarity and parity of esteem.

Article I
NAME AND PURPOSE
Section 1. Short Tile. â€" This law shall be known and cited as the “Bangsamoro Basic Law.”

Section 2. Name. â€" The name of the political entity under this Basic Law shall be the Bangsamoro.

Section 3. Purpose. â€" The purpose of this Basic Law is to establish a political entity, provide for its basic structure of government in recognition of the justness and legitimacy of the cause of the Bangsamoro people and their aspiration to chart their political future through a democratic process that will secure their identity and posterity and allow for meaningful self-governance.

Article II
BANGSAMORO IDENTITY
Section 1. Bangsamoro People. â€" Those who at the time of conquest and colonization were considered natives or original inhabitants of Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago and its adjacent islands including Palawan, and their descendants, whether of mixed or of full blood, shall have the right to identify themselves as Bangsamoro by ascription or self-ascription. Spouses and their descendants are classified as Bangsamoro.

Section 2. Freedom of Choice. â€" The freedom of choice of other indigenous peoples shall be respected.

Section 3. Bangsamoro Symbol. â€" The Bangsamoro Parliament shall adopt the official flag emblem and anthem of the Bangsamoro.

Article III
TERRITORY
Section 1. Definition of Territory â€" Territory refers to the land mass as well as the maritime, terrestrial, fluvial and alluvial domains, and the aerial domain above it. The Bangsamoro territory shall remain a part of the Philippines.

Section 2. Core Territory â€" The core territory of the Bangsamoro shall be composed of:

a. the present geographical area of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao;

b. the Municipalities of Baloi, Munai, Nunungan, Pantar, Tagoloan and Tangkal in the province of Lanao del Norte and all other barangays in the Municipalities of Kabacan, Carmen, Aleosan, Pigkawayan, Pikit and Midsayap that voted for inclusion in the ARMM during the 2001 plebiscite;

c. the cities of Cotabato and Isabel; and

d. all other contiguous areas where there is resolution of the local government unit or a petition of at least ten percent (10%) of the registered voters in the area asking for their inclusion at least two months prior to the conduct of the ratification of the Bangsamoro Basic Law and the process of delimitation of the Bangsamoro.

In order to ensure the widest acceptability of the Bangsamoro Basic Law in the core areas above mentioned, a popular ratification shall be conducted among all the Bangsamoro within the areas for their adoption.

Section 3. Contiguous Territory â€" The areas which are contiguous and outside the core territory may opt at any time to be part of the territory upon petition of at least ten (10%) of the registered voters and approved by a majority of qualified votes cast in a plebiscite.

Section 4. Inland Waters â€" All inland waters, such as lakes, rivers, river systems, and streams within the Bangsamoro territory shall be part of the Bangsamoro. The preservation and management thereof shall be under the jurisdiction of the Bangsamoro Government.

Section 5. Bangsamoro Waters â€" The Bangsamoro waters shall extend up to 22.224 kilometers (12 nautical miles) from the low-water mark of the coasts that are part of the Bangsamoro territory. The Bangsamoro Waters shall be part of the territorial jurisdiction of the Bangsamoro political entity.

Where a constituent local government unit of the Bangsamoro and an adjoining local government unit are so situated on the opposite shores such that there is thirty (30) kilometers of waters or less between them, a line equally distant from the opposite shores shall be drawn to demarcate the Bangsamoro Waters and the municipal waters of the adjoining local government unit.

Should they be so situated that there is more than thirty (30) kilometers but less than 37.224 kilometers of waters between them, a line shall be drawn at the edge of the 15 kilometers municipal water of the adjoining local government unit to demarcate it from the Bangsamoro Waters.

Ten years after the passage of this Basic Law, the Central Government and the Bangsamoro Government shall discuss the enhancement of the area of the Bangsamoro Waters through the necessary process and modalities.

Section 6.Constituent Units. â€" The provinces, cities municipalities, barangays and geographical areas within its territory shall be the constituent units of the Bangsamoro.

Section 7. Collective Democratic Rights of the Bangsamoro People. â€" The collective rights of the constituents of the Bangsamoro shall be recognized.

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traysikad is a popular mode of transportation in Butuan City, particularly at the Langihan Market area.

di ba kaha peligro kung mahupas na ang magnet ug mahagbong sa imong tiil ang knife?

Floyd Mayweather Is Again Afraid of Manny Pacquiao

Such a long year of public service deserves to be honored with a party with colleagues, family members and friends...

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The government should construct public comfort rooms in every purok and barangay.

kinsa man kahay mobulontaryo ug una? asa naman to si Bugsay?

Nagtanyag ang Population Commission (PopCom) Region 10 og libreng tubal ligation ug libreng vasectomy- alang sa dili na gusto madugangan ang mga manganak.

Gisaysay ni PopCom Director Lydio Español, nga kini nga programa adunay tumong sa pamilya nga dili na buot madugangan ang mga anak, tungod sa kalisod sa panginabuhian.

Matud ni Español, himuon ang libreng layget ug kapon sulod sa NMMC- Northern Mindanao Medical Center gikan ning buwana hangtud sa Desyembre 2014.

Kung kinsa matud pa ang interesado niini nga programa dalikyat lamang sa buhatan sa PopCom Region 10 o kaha itawag sa telepono 858-5409 alang sa dugang impormasyon ug kasayoran.

source: Brigada News

luto ang karne ani.

It's an affirmation that "it's more fun in the Philippines."

Willing diay mahimong Cafgu si Bugsay for this squad of soldiers.

unsa kahay conspiracy theory ani?

"If there is one thing that I can share from my journey, it is that the world has it wrong. Success does not create happiness. Happiness creates success. Do what it is that ignites your soul. If you love what you do, it will emanate in everything you do. Happiness is your reward. And success will inevitably follow. Ultimately, I’d rather be a failure at something I love than be a success at something I hate."--CHATRI SITYODTONG, Harvard MBA graduate, successful entrepreneur, martial artist

Binilanggo

What a pair

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kanang bataa inig kadako seguradong mo-file ug motion for reconsideration aron mausob ang balaod.

Dili tanang naa sa Amerika, kwartahan. Dili tanang kwartahan, naa sa Amerika. Basin ang mga anak daghang gibayran nga mortgage ug sakyanan.

kinsa gani ni sila, hubz?

Calling the Daughters of Napoleon Timonera

Sample of M4 rifle. Modified na gamay.

kadtong mga M16 maoy ihatag sa mga CAFGU kay hangtud karon Garan gihapon gigamit sa mga CAFGU. Dili pa segurado nga mobuto.

More M-4 rifles to be acquired for the AFP --President Aquino
By Priam F. Nepomuceno

MANILA, Aug. 14 (PNA) â€" Citing proper and efficient bidding procedures, President Benigno S. Aquino III said on Thursday the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will soon be getting additional Remington M-4 automatic rifles for its ground units.

The President made the announcement during the ceremonial distribution of new weapons to soldiers at the AFP canopy area in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

”Dahil sa patas na bidding, nakuha natin ang mga bagong baril na ito sa di-hamak na mas murang halaga. Sabi po ng BAC (Bidding and Awards Committee), ang dapat sana’y Php 63,000 kada unit -â€" na di-hamak na ngang mas mura sa dinatnan nating presyo noong tayo’y nag-umpisang manungkulan â€"- nakuha na lamang natin sa Php 38,402.13, kada isa po ‘yan," the Chief Executive said.

"Kung susumahin: Sa approved budget na Php 3.19 billion, nabili natin ito sa presyong Php 1.94 billion. Ang savings natin, umabot sa Php 1.2 billion. Gamit ang bahagi ng dagdag-pondo na ito, nakapag-procure ang ating Department of National Defense ng dagdag pang 12,657 units ng assault rifles para sa Philippine Army, na nagkakahalaga ng Php 486.06 milyon,” the President added.

The procurement and distribution of modern equipment to the AFP is done to match the courage and valor of its personnel, President Aquino stressed.

Fund for the purchase of the M-4 rifles was sourced from the AFP Capability Upgrade Program.

An initial 27,300 M-4 units were shipped last July and the remaining 23, 329 units will be delivered by December.

Total M-4 orders for the AFP is placed at 50,629 units. (PNA)

Wala gyud diay niy atay ug batikon ning mga Intsik.

From a Facebook Post

The Shoe Bomber was a Muslim
The Beltway Snipers were Muslims
The Fort Hood Shooter was a Muslim
The underwear Bomber was a Muslim
The U-S.S. Cole Bombers were Muslims
The Madrid Train Bombers were Muslims
The Bafi Nightclub Bombers were Muslims
The London Subway Bombers were Muslims
The Moscow Theatre Attackers were Muslims
The Boston Marathon Bombers were Muslims
The Pan-Am flight #93 Bombers were Muslims
The Air France Entebbe Hijackers were Muslims
The Iranian Embassy Takeover, was by Muslims
The Beirut U.S. Embassy bombers were Muslims
The Libyan U.S. Embassy Attack was by Musiims
The Buenos Aires Suicide Bombers were Muslims
The Israeli Olympic Team Attackers were Muslims
The Kenyan U.S, Embassy Bombers were Muslims
The Saudi, Khobar Towers Bombers were Muslims
The Beirut Marine Barracks bombers were Muslims
The Besian Russian School Attackers were Muslims
The first World Trade Center Bombers were Muslims
The Bombay & Mumbai India Attackers were Muslims
The Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers were Muslims
The September 11th 2001 Airline Hijackers were Muslims'

The Brave Friendship of God

He took the twelve aside . . . â€"Luke 18:31Oh, the bravery of God in trusting us! Do you say, “But He has been unwise to choose me, because there is nothing good in …

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The Compelling Purpose of God

He . . . said to them, ’Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem . . â€"Luke 18:31Jerusalem, in the life of our Lord, represents the place where He reached the culmination of His Father’s will. Jesus said, “I do not seek …

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The Teaching of Adversity

In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world â€"John 16:33The typical view of the Christian life is that it means being delivered from all adversity. But it actually means being delivered in adversity, which is…

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Learning About His Ways

When Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples . . . He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities â€"Matthew 11:1He comes where He commands us to leave. If you stayed home when God told you to go because you were so concerned about your own…

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Becoming Entirely His

Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing â€"James 1:4Many of us appear to be all right in general, but there are still some areas in which we are careless and lazy; it is …

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The Teaching of Disillusionment

Jesus did not commit Himself to them . . . , for He knew what was in man â€"John 2:24-25Disillusionment means having no more misconceptions, false impressions, and false judgments in life; it means being free from these deceptions. However, though no longer deceived, …

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Do You See Jesus in Your Clouds?

Behold, He is coming with clouds . . . â€"Revelation 1:7In the Bible clouds are always associated with God. Clouds are the sorrows, sufferings, or providential circumstances, within or without our personal lives, which actually …

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God’s Purpose or Mine?

He made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side . . . â€"Mark 6:45We tend to think that if Jesus Christ compels us to do something and we are obedient to Him, He will lead us to great …

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The Way to Knowledge

If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine . . .  â€"John 7:17The golden rule to follow to obtain spiritual understanding is not one of intellectual pursuit, but one of obedience. If a person wants scientific knowledge, …

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The Way to Purity

Those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart . . . . For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man . . . â€"Matthew 15:18-20Initially we trust in our ignorance, calling it innocence, and next we trust our innocence, calling it purity. Then when we hear these strong statements …

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Am I Blessed Like This?

Blessed are . . . â€"Matthew 5:3-11When we first read the statements of Jesus, they seem wonderfully simple and unstartling, and they sink unnoticed into our subconscious minds. For instance, the …

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DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH

It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:

Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear nose and throat diseases.

METHOD OF TREATMENT
1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water

2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minute

3.. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.

4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours

5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.

6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.

The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure (30 days)
2. Gastric (10 days)
3. Diabetes (30 days)
4. Constipation (10 days)
5. Cancer (180 days)
6. TB (90 days)
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards â€" daily..

This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.
It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life. Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.

This makes sense .. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.

Mura pud ug bikil kay sa tinuod lang daghan, apan dili tanan, sa mga pari nga adunay mga gipaangkan nga dalaga, minyo, byuda, buwag nga mga babaye. Lain pa tong mga pedophile nga nagpahimulos sa mga inosenteng batang laki.

Mag-sorry kaha ning paria kung wala pa nikalat sa media ang maong hitabo?

Top 40 Use of Apple Cider Vinegar

mobile phones should not be allowed in high school campuses.

restore death penalty in the Philippines...

The next world war is unimaginable. Estimates: All The World's Nuclear Weapons

tabili or hambubukag? unsa kahay taste ani?

Seven Dangers to Human Virtue

Yummy para sa mga taga Thailand... Cruelty for us

By The Associated Press

It’s a story that almost defies belief: A man leaves Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ends up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands some 5,500 miles (8,800 kilometers) away.
But that’s the story a man identifying himself as 37-year-old Jose Salvador Alvarenga told the U.S. ambassador in the Marshall Islands and the nation’s officials during a 30-minute meeting Monday before he was taken to a local hospital for monitoring. Alvarenga washed ashore on the tiny atoll of Ebon in the Pacific Ocean last week before being taken to the capital, Majuro, on Monday.

“It’s hard for me to imagine someone surviving 13 months at sea,” said Ambassador Tom Armbruster in Majuro. “But it’s also hard to imagine how someone might arrive on Ebon out of the blue. Certainly this guy has had an ordeal, and has been at sea for some time.”

Other officials were reacting cautiously to the Spanish-speaking man’s story while they try to piece together more information. If true, the man’s ordeal would rank among the greatest tales ever of survival at sea.

Armbruster said the soft-spoken man complained of joint pain Monday and had a limp but was able to walk. He had long hair and a beard, the ambassador said, and rather than appearing emaciated he looked puffy in places, including around his ankles. Otherwise, he added, Alvarenga seemed in reasonable health.
Armbruster, who speaks Spanish, said the survivor told the following story:

He’s a native of El Salvador but has lived in Mexico for 15 years and fishes for a man he knows as Willie, catching sharks for 25 pesos ($1.90) per pound.

On Dec. 21, 2012, Alvarenga left Mexico in his 23 foot (7 meter) fiberglass boat for a day’s fishing, accompanied by a teen he knew only as Ezekiel, who was between 15 and 18.
A storm blew the fishermen off course, and soon they were lost and adrift.

“He talked about scooping up little fish that swam alongside the boat and eating them raw,” Armbruster said. “He also said he ate birds, and drank birds’ blood.”

After about a month, Ezekiel died, the survivor told officials.
Alvarenga also talked about eating turtles. Once near Ebon, he swam ashore.

“He thanked God, initially, that he had survived,” the ambassador said. “He’s very anxious to get back in touch with his employer, and also with the family of Ezekiel. That’s his driving motivation at the moment.”

Armbruster said the man said he had no family in Mexico but he does have three brothers who live in the U.S., although he could not immediately provide officials with contact details.

PUBLISHED BY THE BOHOL CHRONICLE ON NOV. 17, 2013

Aggenstein shot dead;
suspects still unknown

A German national who was declared by the Department of Foreign Affairs as a “fake honorary consul” ended his wanderings in the province of Bohol after two assassins ambushed him at Causeway road, this city, Friday evening and shot him to death but spared the life of the victim’s girlfriend.

Benjamin Aggenstein, who was engaged in various controversial and questionable real estate ventures in Dauis and Panglao towns, sustained fatal wounds on his body and head which caused his instantaneous death Friday at 8 p.m. when two unidentified suspects fired him at close range.

Aggenstein had run into trouble with several local residents in Dauis and Panglao, and was facing a string of estafa and anti-bouncing checks law cases before he was shot to death by a riding-in-tandem gunmen shortly after he left Bohol Quality Mall and on his way to Dauis town last Friday night.

According to several commuters and drivers who witnessed the daring ambush at a lighted area near the Causeway bridge, the suspects, after hitting Aggenstein in the body, dismounted from their motorcycle and came up to Aggenstein’s sprawling body and shot him again in the head perhaps in order not leave to chances his luck of survival.

“Kalma ra man ang nipusil. Mura man to sila ug dili taga Bohol. Wala man mahadlok,” said a witness, a resident at Poblacion Uno, this city, who asked not to be named.
Police are still facing a blank wall as to who masterminded the murder of a German national in an otherwise peaceful City of Friendship that has been experiencing nightly brownouts since super typhoon Yolanda struck hard Samar and Leyte provinces on Nov. 8.

It is even difficult to pinpoint suspects in the course of the investigation because Aggenstein had too many enemies during his two-year stay in Bohol, a police intelligence officer told the Chronicle yesterday.

Aggenstein, who claimed to be an honorary consul of a war-ravaged West African country, Siera Leone, was engaged in highly questionable real estate businesses, selling computer-generated models of town houses and condominiums through glitzy outdoor advertising and next-to-reality online marketing blitz which were believed to be bogus, earlier reports said.

Clients from all over the world who took his marketing bait had invested millions of pesos hoping to own a piece of paradise here in Bohol.

But Aggenstein’s real estate racket came under deep scrutiny after the Bohol Chronicle exposed his questionable business transactions.

He filed a string of libel cases against the Bohol Chronicle and its editors and journalists, demanding by as much as P700 million damages. The court however had dismissed the cases, ruling that there were no bases of his suits.

As he became more and more a controversial figure in the province and as more individuals lodged complaints against Aggenstein in court and before the provincial board, Aggenstein was declared “persona non grata” by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan in a unanimous resolution that dealt a big blow to his stay in Bohol.

Aggenstein, despite having exposed to have conducted real estate business without permits and authorization from appropriate government agencies, continued selling fictional promise of high-end condominiums and town houses in lands he did not own.
The twin tragedies (earthquake and Yolanda) that rocked Bohol and Visayas regions had overtaken the case status of Aggenstein.

He appeared however on a national television when GMA 7 interviewed him in the aftermath of the Oct. 15 earthquake, taking a swipe at government agencies for the alleged slow arrival of relief goods for quake victims in Loon, Bohol.

Efforts to deport Aggenstein on the strength of the SP resolution and investigation by the National Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Immigration were stalled by what others believed as the “slow wheels of justice.”

Sources said had Aggenstein been deported back to Germany or to Spain where also claimed residence, his life would have been spared from those with whom he had deep-seated conflicts.

According to witnesses, it appeared that Aggenstein’s assassins were professionals because they were not concealing their faces when they executed the German national, and were in fact calm and composed when they shot the victim for all the people to see.

INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY
   Gov. Edgar M. Chatto, reacting to the news of Aggenstein’s murder, has said he would task Capitol executive Romy Tagaan in sending Aggenstein’s dead body back to Europe. Tagaan would also coordinate with the German Embassy in Manila in the investigation into Aggenstein’s death.
   Chatto called on foreign visitors who are in Bohol these days and who are still planning to come here not to panic, assuring them of their safety.
   He said the murder of Aggenstein is an isolated case, and does not represent the current peace and order situation in Bohol.
   Provincial Administrator Ae Damalerio, speaking to the Chronicle over a phone interview yesterday, said that the Province would conduct an investigation into Aggenstein’s killing.
   â€œDespite Aggenstein’s trouble with his clients and partners and his running in conflict with the law, we do not approve any form of violence in attaining a resolution to any conflict,” Damalerio said.
   â€œAnd we want to assure our visitors that this incident does not in any way portray the peace and order situation in Bohol,” he said.
   Damalerio maintains that Bohol continues to welcome all foreign visitors here, adding that they can be assured of safety and protection here.
   Meanwhile, City Administrator Edi Borja told the Chronicle yesterday that the city government was saddened over the shooting and killing of a foreign national in a Philippine soil, but he clarified, however, that the incident was an “isolated case.”
   â€œKadto man gud si Aggenstein adunay high-profile case diri sa ato. Wala ta kahibalo kung kinsa gyud ang ni-interest niya. Daghan ko ug nadunggan nga kontra,” Borja said.
   Borja, quoting pronouncements of City Mayor John Geesnell “Baba” Yap, said the City would also conduct a no-nonsense investigation into the killing of Aggenstein.
   â€œAng atong kapolisan sa Tagbilaran nagtutok na ning maong pagpatay,” Borja said.
   Fearing the killing would have a detrimental effect on the peace and order status of the city, Borja has called on the public, particularly visitors and guests here, not to panic and misunderstand that their stay in Tagbilaran is no longer safe.
   â€œKinahanglan masabtan sa tanan ang background ni Aggenstein aron dili lainon ug sabot sa kadaghanan ang nahitabo niadtong Byernes,” Borja said.
   On the other hand, Aggentein’s lifeless body is now embalmed at the Holy Name Funeral Homes, waiting for any loved ones or friends to show up and arrange his burial here or his ultimate return to Germany.
   Aggenstein’s last-known girlfriend, a certain Cherry, is now recuperating in one of the hospitals in the province. She sustained a gunshot wound on her leg but doctors have ruled out danger on her life.
   The victim was also known to have another live-in partner who comes from Mindanao and whose brother was made a phony owner of Aggenstein’s real estate business, but the German national had long severed his romantic ties with “the other woman.”
   The said woman was reportedly bearing Aggenstein’s unborn baby, but last September she went to the police station in Dauis town and filed a complaint against the German national whom she accused of physical and psychological abuses.
   Following the break-up of the virtual couple, Aggenstein was last seen tagging along a certain Cherry after he abandoned his previous pregnant inamorata.

like a snake's trail...

It was CNN who started the round-the-clock coverage of the aftermath of Yolanda. ABS-CBN and GMA-7 are also busy with their round-the-clock Teleserye.

CNN's coverage of our suffering moved the nations to help us. Sad to say, Jejomar Binay has put his name on the relief goods donated from abroad.

In light of the Visayaswide and Southern-Luzonwide devastation brought about by Yolanda and the scantiness of resources of the Philippine Government for search, relief, and rescue missions, needless to mention the aggressive bullying of China on us, taken the two situations together, I believe that the presence of US Military in the Philippines is necessary for our survival.

How can two antiquated C-130 planes of the Philippine AirForce supply the daily need for food and water to hundreds of thousands of calamity victims?

Video footages shown on ANC are so heartbreaking.

Chloe's Bye a Youtube Hit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUJIgkPoiBg#t=21

Mapasalamaton Ang Mga Bol-anon

WFP is very visible. The Provincial Government of Bohol has dispatched some 400,000 food packs to quake victims.

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Making Decisions like Tomorrow Depends on It by Tom Rath

“No matter how healthy you are today, you can take specific actions to have more energy and live longer. Regardless of your age, you can make better choices in the moment. Small decisionsâ€"about how you eat, move, and sleep each dayâ€"count more than you think.”

INCREMENTALISM MUST DIE. NOW. by Eric Lowitt

“Our future is bright, but to capture the light we must embrace change. There are massive opportunities out there, requiring BOLD responses, and one change that must be made now: WE MUST ERADICATE INCREMENTALISM.”

Making It Happen! Shifting Your Focus from Something Else to It by Jones Loflin & Todd Musig

“Your lack of focus on it is dangerous. You are missing opportunities to deliver your best efforts at work. Your family is suffering from your inability to really engage with them, and you may even be shortening your life because you just won’t pay attention to it.”

Highly Recommended: How to Harness the Power of Word of Mouth and Social Media To Transform Your Brand and Your Business by Paul M. Rand

“Recommendations and word of mouth have always been important. But in the age of social media, they are essential. One-to-one communication has become one-to-millions.”

Smart Sales Managers Are the New Normal: A Crash Course in Generating More Revenue from Your Inside Sales Team in the Sales 2.0 Ecosystem by Josiane Feigon

“The dynamic Sales 2.0 ecosystem is digital, diverse, connected ... Managing a high-performing inside sales team by operating under the old sales rules just won’t work.”

From Burning Platform to Burning Ambition; How Leaders Sustain Change by Dr. Peter Fuda

“Leadership effectiveness is not a matter of intention; it’s a matter of impact. Every leader’s journey is unique. The good news, however, is that there are common threads in the experiences of those who’ve realized their leadership vision, and achieved a transformation in their organization.”

What is this for?

ayaw nalang ipapriso kay basin ang mga jail guards na pud ang e-breastfeed. unsa kahay ikasulti ni bugsay ani?

Kalag-kalag 2013

AFP photographer Adrian Dennis has won photograph of the year at the press photographer’s 2013 competition for his striking image of Thai rider Nina Lamsan Ligon and her horse at the London Olympics.

"When a journalist is killed the news dies too," says AFP's prize-winning Somalia correspondent Mustafa Haji Abdinur.

UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson said that journalists are the "lifeblood" of democracy.

yes, sir felix, the ruins are the new attractions...

Safe to Travel to Bohol, Philippines

by Jes Tirol
Bohol Chronicle

Proem
October 15, 2013 was declared a National Holiday to commemorate the Eid al Adha or The Feast of Sacrifice of the Muslims.  As it turned out, it became a real “Day of Sacrifice” for Boholanos, Cebuanos, and other people of the Central Visayas because at 8:12 A.M. a destructive earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck.
As an Earthquake Engineer (I’m listed as one of the earthquake engineers of the world by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) of California, U.S.A.), a certified Structural Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering expert by the Phil Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE), it behooves upon me to share my analysis of the earthquake that occurred.

Initial Announcement
Initially the PHIVOLCS National Office said that the earthquake was Magnitude 7.2 with epicenter at a place 2 km and southeast 16o from Carmen, Bohol.  The depth of focus (source) was 33 km below the ground.

An untrained person would accept the announcement and it was immediately picked up by media.

Actually the announcement was just an approximation.  The location could not be plotted.  Two (2) kilometers from Carmen, Bohol is still within Carmen, Bohol.  So where was it?  Where will we start the measure?  The depth of focus or origin of 33 km below the ground is what is called as “average earth depth”.  It actually means “I do not know”.

I went to the Manga, Tagbilaran PHIVOLCS Station and Engr. Nolan Evangelista, the personnel in-charge gave me the coordinates: Latitude 9.8o north and Longitude 124.2o east as the initial location.  No actual depth of focus was yet available.

The Intensity Scale (measure of damage at the place) was given as Intensity 7 for Tagbilaran City and Cebu City.  The other places were not yet reported.  Now, it can be estimated.  In the Rossi-Forel Intensity Scale from zero (0) to ten (10) Dauis, Baclayon, Loboc and Carmen would be Intensity 7.  Maribojoc, Antequera, and Tubigon would be Intensity 8.  Loon, Bohol would be a higher part of Intensity 8 and could already qualify as Intensity 9.  All other towns to the north could be between Intensity 6 or 7.

As of 6:00 P.M. Oct. 17, 2013 the website of Phivolcs revised the epicenter as 6 km southwest of Sagbayan, Bohol.  The depth of focus is now given as 12 km.  I think this would still be revised because the given coordinates (latitude & longitude) would not fit the cited location.  (Note: The USGS gives it as Lat = 9.86o north and Long = 124o east.)

Magnitude Scale is the measure of the energy released by the earthquake.  Magnitude M7.2 is already very strong.  The national newspapers said that it was 32 times stronger than the Hirosima Atomic Bomb.  I made a computation using the Gutenber Richter Formula and my result was 63 times stronger than the Hirosima A-bomb.  The magnitude scale is used by engineers because it can be used to design buildings.

Intensity Scale is the measure of the damage at the site.  Intensity 7 is already described as “destructive”.  Well-built or “engineered” structures are already destroyed.

This scale is preferred by our social service agencies because they can gage how to respond to the scale of damage.

Different Behavior
The depth from the ground surface down to 60 km is classified as shallow earthquake.  The depth of the Oct. 15 earthquake is officially listed as 12 km down.

In shallow earthquakes the vertical forces is usually stronger than the lateral or side to side sway of the building.  It means that the building or structure will be lifted upward and slammed down (Bis: ibúndak).  It is the reason why you can hardly see an “X” from damage of the walls caused by the lateral forces.  Instead, you can see that buildings and hills are “crumpled” to the ground.  Vertical objects, like columns, post, and the like will exhibit an “elephant’s foot” or bulging at the base.

The effect of the Feb. 8, 1990 earthquake in Bohol (Magnitude 6. also had a strong vertical force than the lateral force.  I presented a scientific paper about that earthquake in an international conference of earthquake engineers in Taipei, Taiwan on Aug. 12, 1998.  It was the first time that someone proved that the vertical forces can be stronger than the lateral forces.  Since there was no English term for the vertical effects I used the Sugboanon word “witik”. It was my paper that caused the Americans to change their building codes to include the vertical forces by year 2000.  It is now copied by the Philippines Building Code.  So far as I know, it is my American friend Dr. Sami Masra who is lecturing about the witik.

Since 1998 I have been writing and lecturing about the need to strengthen the Church buildings in Bohol.  Unfortunately the funding was used only to beatify and “restore” the churches.  All that money is now lost because the Baclayon Church and Loboc Church are now destroyed.

It is just unfortunate that while the Americans believed in my theory and changed their building code, nobody in Bohol would believe that a whole church building could be lifted and slammed down to destruction.  What I have been warning since 1998 has now come to pass.

Source of the Earthquake
The PHIVOLCS say that the source of the earthquake was the East-Bohol Fault.  Sometime in year 2001 or 2002, this particular fault exhibited a long crack in the town of Loboc, Bohol.  My warning was just dismissed by the government agencies because according to them it was just “land subsidence”.  I disagreed to this observation because a land subsidence would not cross the Loboc River, which the crack did.  Unfortunately again I was just too far ahead by ten (10) years.

As observed during that time I said that the fault line is “trending” or sloping towards the northwest or generally towards Cebu.  The “earth block” is pushing or compressing the rocks towards the northwest.

Recently an unofficial land spreading measurement was done using a GPS with one millimeter accuracy.  (Note: My source of information does not want to be revealed because it was an unauthorized job.)  The measurement was done between Kamambogan, Ubay, Bohol and Poblacion Alicia, Bohol.  The measurement from January 2012 to January 2013 yields a land spreading of 2.5 cm. So when the East Bohol fault cracked 10 years ago until the present we can assume a total spreading of 25 cm or 10 inches.  Unfortunately the vertical rise of the ground was not measured.  Nonetheless it can be shown that there was already land spreading that was already capable of pushing and activating the unknown fault line.

The New Crack
I have read the La Seismologia En Filipinas by Fr. Miguel Saderra Maso, S.J., published by the Observatorio De Manila (Manila Observatory) published in Manila in 1895.  This book has a record of earthquakes in the Philippines from 1599 to 1886.  This book has two records of earthquakes in Bohol that was similar to the Oct. 15 earthquake.  The June 25, 1876 earthquake is described only as “Ligero = Light” equivalent to Intensity 4.  The July 23, 1884 earthquake is described as “Violento = Violent”, equivalent to Intensity 8.

The Southeast Asia Association of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering publication has a record of a 1936 earthquake with epicenter at Carmen, Bohol.  This particular earthquake was described as “strange”.  It was a strong earthquake that exhibited a strong up and down movement which was strange during that time because everybody believed only in the lateral movement of earthquakes.  It was proposed that it was caused by the collapse of a large sinkhole.

The recent Oct. 15, 2013 earthquake was also strange because it was the first time that a fault line has exhibited itself from Loon, Bohol towards Central Bohol.  We can call it now as the “Central Bohol Fault Line”.  This fault line is a “thrust fault” or the East Bohol Fault dived under this fault line.  I have seen the Strong Motion Acceleration (SMA) graph of the earthquake for the primary and secondary waves and I agree that it is a thrust fault.

My theory is, this fault line is somehow connected to the Tayasan, Negros Oriental earthquake that occurred on Feb. 6, 2012.  The Tayasan earthquake epicenter has latitude 9.82 north and the new crack has also latitude of 9.8 to 9.84 north.  They are of the same level.  This is another statement that will put me in a controversy.

My analysis is based on the fact that if you will draw a line from the Tayasan Earthquake epicenter towards Carmen, Bohol, the location of the aftershocks occurred either to the right or left of the line and moving backward from Carmen to Tayasan.

The aftershock that occurred on Oct. 17, 2013 at 1:38 P.M. was listed as Magnitude 4.0 with coordinates Lat = 9.73o north and Long = 123.65o east.  It was described as 10 km deep and located 25 km Northwest of Tagbilaran City.  It was located near the town of Bolhoon, Cebu or a few kilometers from Lighthouse No. 1 of Tagbilaran.  On the opposite side of the town of Bolhoon in the Island of Cebu was the epicenter of the Tayasan Earthquake.
Herewith is the graph of the aftershocks as shown in the Earthquake-Report.com as updated on Oct. 17, 2013 at 11:18 A.M. by Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell:

Location of Aftershocks of 10/15/13 Bohol Eqk.

Observed Behaviors
In Earthquake Engineering, it is expected that the ground near the site (about 50 Km radius) will produce a stronger vertical force than the horizontal force.  The ground will practically rise and slam down bringing with it the buildings, houses, bridges, roads, mountains, etc.

When the strong primary or vertical wave reached the surface most of it will be converted to sound waves causing a low rumbling sound.  It will be followed soon by the Secondary waves that soon convert to the Love and Rayleigh surface waves.  The Love wave behaves similar to a river flowing along the ground surface that slams into an obstruction.  The Rayleigh wave is like the summersault of an acrobat.  If it hits a shaken structure it will cause the structure to “wiggle”.  It is the usual cause of “bridge collapse” because while the slab is lifted the columns will wiggle and when the slab “returns” the column may not be in the proper position and the slab will continue down for missing the column.

A Magnitude 7.2 earthquake is already capable of disturbing a large body of water.  For a long and sloping beach the effect will be a “tsunami”.  For a “short (towards the deep sea)” beach the effect will be only a “sea surge”.  In the shores from Tagbilaran City to Tubigon, there was actually a sea surge but not a tsunami.  (Note: The Facebook account of Dr. Mutya Kismet Tirol-Macuno has a picture of Caingget Beach during the top of the surge and after the surge.  The seawater rose to the level of the second step of the concrete stairs.)

The earthquake could disturb the methane and sulfur deposits of the sea that could kill fishes.  This effect is reported in Loon, Bohol.

The similar 1886 earthquake at the shorelines from Dimiao to Anda produced a “red-tide” effect causing the seawater to become red.  I just hope that the recent earthquake will not produce a similar “red-tide” effect.

Sinkholes and sand boils are common effects of strong earthquakes.  Drying up of riverbeds and water-wells can be also observed.  Land flows or actual transferring of huge tract of lands are also expected.  Rising and subsidence of the land surface is also expected.

Comment
I do not blame anyone for not listening to my warnings.  My warnings were too far ahead.  I begun my warnings in 1998 and keep on repeating until I became like a broken phonograph record.  When I made a warning of the return of the 1906 Tagbilaran earthquake for the 100 years cycle (for 2006), the  Late Vice Mayor Rizalino Israel challenged me to stand at the shorelines of Taloto to see the “tsunami”.  I could not explain why the earthquake actually returned seven (7) years late.

Be that as it may, I really commiserate to the victims of the present tragedy.  Why it actually happened on Eid Al Adha or The Feast of Sacrifice, only God can tell.  Millions of people in the Central Visayas have to sacrifice.

islander, i saw in one of his fb updates he was taking pictures of earthquake ruins around the province. he is safe, i presume.

A dog's facial expression will you something important

posting from Viator Libert

during my assesment electric present already in this town tubigon clarin inabanga carmen sagbayan calape bilar batuan loboc bisu biklar baclayon im not sure with loboc loay bisu in bilar resume already class. ROAD FROM TAGBILARAN DIRECT TO MACAAS TUBIGON GOOD ROAD FROM POBLACION CALAPE TO INABANGA OK THE LONG BRIDGE THAT CONNECT FROM INABANGA GOING TO GETAFE NOT DAMAGE SAGBAYAN TO LOBOC OK LOBOC TO LOAY POSSIBLE BUT IN POBLACION LOBOC U SHOULD DIVERT DUE TO CHURCH DEBRIS WHEN U ARRYV IN LOBOC TURN LEFT GILID SA GYM THEN RYT THEN RYT WILL LEAD U TO HIWAY FROM LOBOC TO LOAY TIL PALO BRIDGE OK AND ROAD BUT LIGHT VEHICLE ONLY WHEN U ARRYV SA PALO TURN RIGHT GOING TO SIKATUNA THEN SIKATUNA TO CORRELLA TO TAGBIILRAN OK. FROM COASTAL ROAD PALO TO TAGHUANE ISKINA TURN RIGHT BRIDGE DAMAGE SO TURN RIGHT KA AAGIANAN PADUNG SA DAKONG HALAS THEN LUSOT KA SA KILID SKOL THEN MAKA ADTO NAKA BACLAYON BACLAYON HIWAY OK WHEN U ARRY AT POBLACION TURN RIGHT THEN TURN RIGHT THEN SAKA NAAY SING AGE D MAAGIAN HIWAY KAY TUNGOD CHURCH DEBRIS PRO SO FAR MAKALUSOT NA FOR LIGHT VEHICLE... road to maribojoc via san isidro ok na kau light vehicle lang tagb. correla balilihan catigbian libertad catigbian turn left then look for kasusuin road katong pa adto sa may cave lusot bantolinao then mulusot ka sa poblacion katong karsada nga dpit mag aso ok to... i know naay karsada from balilihan poblacio likod simbahan dorol lusot ka likod simbahan antequera im not sure f landslide already clear.... naay bridge dra im not sure if ok try lang ask sa mga locals makalusot mo ana.... naa pod road going to san isidro via cahayag tubigon 12km lang from hiway pwede pod sa calape tinibgan katong naay patagna mopilit and santos kung tinuod gkuha ug d mopilit kung dli tinuod this road is subida makita ang view nindot kita ang cebu lol.... hehehehe mulusot na san isidro... road antequera to catgabacan loon via celing ok na nag y mana sya when u arryv sa tumoy left side lusot padung badbad lusot sa basak loon dpit sa may holy name nga funeraria then ryt go direct to catagbacan prope before ka mo abot sa y nga kalsada left side naay agianan dra padung maribojoc candavid nga lugar pwede pod na lusot sa sitio taytay san isidro pro lakaw lang lol..... FOR MARKET CALAPE POBLCAION MARKET OPERATE KILID KARSADA THEN TUBIGON OK INABANGA OK CLARIN OK SAGBAYAN CARMEN LOBOC BATUAN catigbian BILAR OK LOAY OK ALBUR OK OPERATE NA THEN BACLAYON OPERATE BUT ACCESIBLE POD SILA SA TAGB...SAGBAYAN CARMEN LOBOC BATUAN BILAR LOAY ACCORDING TO THE PULIS NGA AKONG GPANGUTANA NORMAL NAMAN DAW BUT I THINK AND UBAN NA NAA SA SUOK AND MAY BLEMA.... BATUAN TO HANOPOL ROAD IM NOT SURE BUT AS OF NOW NAA PA DAW LANDSLIDE NA WLA MA CLEAR SA PULIS GKAN NGA INFO. IF I WILL RATE ALL TOWNS THAT I ENTERED 1 IS THE LESS DAMAGE AND 5 IS THE MOST... maribojoc 5 loon 5 antequera 4 san isidro 3 catigbian calape 2 operat na but im not sure sa kabukiran tubigon 2 inabanga 2 22222222222 na ang uban when it comes to poblacion ambot lang sa suok.. for ceres bus route bus calape to tagbilran via mcaas catigbian balilihan to correla to tagbilaran ok kau...other town ubay side ok na man ali jagna ok ra... based on my observation the effect of earthquake naa ra gud sa area ana nga mostly damage which is loon maribojoc antequera kung ang epicenter naa sa market... maybe koan na sya akong idea ra ni ha kanang gtawag nako nga crazy ideas that ggmitan nako ug scientific method lol.... REGARDING TENTS AND TRAPAL ETC.. SUGOD NA UG UWAN SO SOMEBODY A TEAM THAT WILL DESIMINATE KUNG NAA NA... UNSAON NA LANG SAKTO KAON PRO KUNG MATULOG GTAWAG NAKO SLEEPING IN THE RAIN LOL.... PASENSYA NA HA.. INGON ANI RA GUD KO MOSUWAT... SALAMAT SA INYONG PAGSABOT....

The news on oil exploration was published in 2007.

"Life or death, blessing or curse."

This was how the Bohol archdiocese described the situation faced by residents of Bohol province in the face of a new oil drilling project in four of its towns.

In a pastoral statement, Tagbilaran, Bohol Archbishop Leonardo Medroso said the local clergy is "appalled" that the seismic survey was conducted in the seawaters of Panglao, Dauis, Maribojoc and Loon.

"Will the blue sea of Bohol Strait remain the pure essence of life-giving water to the present and future generations, or will it degenerate into a murky water of non-life, an ugly reminder of our indifference and irresponsibility?" he asked.

Medroso scored the government and the foreign firm conducting the survey for not even consulting the local residents about it.

"We are appalled to learn that, given the nature of the seismic survey and its short and long term impact to human and marine life, the local communities and their officials as well as other groups who have a stake in the area were not duly consulted before the survey had been undertaken," he said.

He noted a foreign company, NorAsian Energy Ltd. (NAEL), conducted the survey with the approval of both the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

"In this light, let us exhaust all peaceful means to prevent the oil drilling program from proceeding unless the DOE and NAEL shall disclose to the public the details of the service contract and other agreements, conduct consultations that are wide in scope, accessible to all stakeholders, honest and transparent to affected communities, and broadly participative in working out decisions," he said.

"In this light, we call on public officials concerned to courageously apply the full force of our environmental laws to the oil drilling program even as we urge all NGOs and other groups to take the lead in exercising vigilance on this regard," he added.

According to the contract awarded by the Philippine government to NAEL, the survey shall be followed by an extensive oil drilling program possibly next year.

The DOE and NAEL simply disseminated information in their websites and coursed the "information" to the people through the newly elected local officials on very short notice.

In view of this behavior, it is difficult not to conclude that right from the very start the DOE and NAEL did not intend a consultation but simply an information.

Medroso also said the clergy was disappointed to learn that the seismic survey, conducted on an exploration site that had been officially declared by the national and local governments as a marine protected area (MPA), was suddenly granted by the DENR a Certificate of Non-Coverage (CNC).

This exempted the firm from stringent measures required by the laws of the land that seek to preserve the nation's ecosystem.

"Needless to say, the exploration site boasts of numerous marine sanctuaries and coastal based resource management programs. It is also home to a thriving and world-famous eco-tourism industry that provides livelihood to hundreds of families and a source of pride of every Boholano. Millions of pesos have been spent by local government units (LGUs) and non-government organizations (NGOs) for the establishment and maintenance of these projects, not to mention the amount of creativity and energy that the local people have invested into them," he noted.

Medroso questioned what hapepened to laws such as the Philippine Environment Impact System Act (PD 1586) and the Local Government Code of 1991.

He said the recently concluded seismic survey threaten to harm the integrity of the ecosystem in Bohol.

The prelate also scored the survey being conducted without consulting those dependent on either commercial or small-scale fishing.

"Why is it that in almost every government sponsored or approved project that has the prospect of good return of investment (ROI) for foreign corporations, it is our poor and marginalized brother and sister Filipinos who are asked to sacrifice? Granting, without admitting, that it is their turn yet again to forego for the greater good, isn't it right that they be guaranteed with a just compensation?" he said.

On the other hand, Medroso said that beyond the seismic survey, the risks of an oil drilling program are far greater.

He said activities meant to improve the economy should not be left to the judgment of individuals or groups who possess too much economic power, nor of the political community alone.

Also, he said the defense and preservation of the common good such as the natural and human environments should not be left to the dictates of market forces but to a strong juridical or legal framework.

"In this light, and in view of the greater risks to both human and marine life, it is a serious moral obligation for those who will derive profit from the natural resource to set up a mechanism of just compensation before the oil drilling begins and with the participation and approval of those who may bear the possible harm or loss because of human error or accidents," he said.

But over and above these moral imperatives, he said the principle of equitable sharing of revenues should be observed.

The history of oil exploration is replete with examples of individual and corporate greed and insensitivity to the people in the locality, he said.

"In this light, let us do everything we can to prevent the oil drilling program unless a mechanism of equitable sharing of revenues shall be in place so that, instead of dole-outs or piecemeal projects dependent on the whims and so-called charity of the corporation or the allied politician, the revenues accrued to the inhabitants of the localities shall be guaranteed by law and shall empower them to take the path of integral development," he said.

"While the bounty of God's creation in the Bohol Strait is a national wealth, it is however first and foremost a local wealth. Inasmuch as the local people are its primary stewards, they ought to be the first beneficiaries," he added. - GMANews.TV

Our world is full of surprises.

Not only that, Facebook has banned me from sharing other people's posts related to Bohol earthquake. WTF. Damn you, FB.

Since the 7.2 earthquake hit our province I've been providing online updates to the public. But today Facebook blocked me and I am no longer allowed to post updates. This after I posted hundreds of tips, news, advisories all relating to relief and rescue operations.

This is what I hate about giant websites like Facebook whose main concern is profit, not the welfare of humanity.

So I am transferring all my updates here in TubagBohol...

Gabaan ra ka Facebook sa mga tawo sa Bohol. Just the same, I will file a complaint with your "support team" and pour out my sentiments.

China asked Korea not to sell FA-50 fighter jets to the Philippines, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Saturday. The daily said Beijing made the request ahead of a summit in Seoul between President Park Geun-hye and Philippines President Benigno Aquino on Oct. 17.

Korea declined, saying it cannot accept "interference" in arms exports, an issue of its national interest, according to the daily.

In their meeting, Park thanked Aquino for Manila’s decision to buy the FA-50 jets and urged a speedy signing of the contract.

A government official here said, "The Philippines is engaged in a territorial dispute with China over the Spratly Islands, and that appears to be why Beijing protested several times through the Chinese Embassy and other channels."

A new cyclone is expected to enter the country within 24 to 48 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Monday.

In an interview, PAGASA weather forecaster Jori Loiz said the typhoon with international name “Francisco” might enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) in Tuesday.

Once it enters the PAR, Loiz said it will be locally named “Urduja.”

“Urduja” would be the fourth cyclone to enter the country this month and the 21st for this year.

However, Loiz said the cyclone is not expected to affect any part of the country.

He noted that it will only stay inside the Philippine territory in less than 48 hours.

Until Tuesday, Loiz said the northeast monsoon or "hanging amihan" will affect the northern and central parts of Luzon.

He said these areas including Metro Manila will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains.

The rest of the country including Metro Manila, he noted will have partly cloudy skies to at times cloudy with possible isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening

In its advisory, PAGASA said that Metro Manila and the regions of Ilocos, Cordillera, Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains.

The rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening.

It added that moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over Luzon and its coastal waters will be moderate to rough.